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CPRA

Fees for “compiling” digital documents at UC?

I am trying to obtain public records at my university which are stored in electronic format. I have been told that I will be charged $.20 per page for the electronic record and, upon inquiring about this fee have been referred to the following policy by the California State University: Public Records Act? The […]

May 15, 2012
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CPRA

Countering a claim of non-existent records

[…] stated that they do not have such records. To the extent the records you seek are maintained by the City of San Diego, either in paper or electronic form, they are public records to which you should have a right of access. If you believe the records exist and the City of San Diego […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Are government employee hiring records accessible under the CPRA?

[…] any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics." Govt. Code § 7920.530(a). A "writing" is "any handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, photocopying, transmitting by electronic mail or facsimile, and every other means of recording upon any tangible thing any form of communication or representation, including letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, […]

May 16, 2025
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CPRA

The CPRA, Email Communication, Right to Privacy and Records Regarding One’s Self

I made a California Public Records Act request to a public school district in California for: "All Email communication regarding myself and my child." I received partial records which are not nearly complete. I am concerned about adherence to legal safeguards prohibiting school districts or any public entity from "sanitizing" requested records. Thus far, I […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Destruction of Public Records

[…] be immediately destroyed concurrent with the vote to stop recording future sessions. Aside from the obvious Brown Act violation in that it wasn't agendized, do you know the rules on retention and destruction of government records and, specifically, the limits on destroying tapes of closed sessions (These are the only existing records of these sessions).

June 14, 2009
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Court Records

Obtaining records of traffic citations

Everyday, 4 different agencies issue traffic citations in San Diego. These citations are then fed into the computers at the traffic courts.I would like to obtain weekly records from the traffic courts, containing details of all the citations issued during the previous fortnight.How could I go about ensuring that I can obtain this information […]

June 14, 2009
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Is it normal to receive multiple CPRA extensions for months?

[…] the agency needed to get the files from state archives. The most recent letter states that the agency is still reviewing my request for "confidential, privileged, or otherwise exempt" information under the CPRA. The letter provided a future date for when the agency will provide records or another update. Is this kind of delay legal?

April 24, 2025
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CPRA

Councilman asks intern on date via city issued cell

[…] or combinations thereof, and any record thereby created, regardless of the manner in which the record has been stored." Gov't Code section 6252(g). Information retained in an electronic format must be made available in any electronic form in which the agency keeps the information. Gov't Code section 6253.9(a). Thus, it appears that text messages […]

November 21, 2009
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CPRA

Charging for Electronic Records

A local hospital district claims it is "required" to charge me for access to inspect records that they claim are only available in electronic form. They have demanded a deposit of hundreds of dollars and my agreement to pay them whatever they determine the actual cost to be. When you consider that more and […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Using the CPRA to access list of alcoholic beverage licensees

[…] as to whether business email addresses which are provided to the ABC-California by alcoholic beverage license applicants are subject to disclosure under the provisions of the California Public Records Act? And if, so, how can we obtain a list of all alcoholic beverage licensees in the State of California which include the following: (1) The name […]

June 13, 2016